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Sun Cellular is offering an Eat All You Can dinner for 2 at Ranch and Reef.
50 dinners to be given away. All you have to do is purchase at least P50.00 worth of Sun Prepaid products to get one raffle entry.
10 winners will be drawn every week for 5 weeks. Draw dates are: February 17, 24, March 10, and March 17, 2013. This promo runs until March 16, 2013.
Sun Cellular’s latest craze offering the Name Ur Number Sim is selling like pancakes!
With something as personal as a mobile number, wouldn’t it be awesome to have a number combination that you can easily remember? Now, prepaid subscribers can also have that choice!
Mobile telecommunications Sun Cellular brings another first inthe market with its new Sun Name Ur Number SIM – a prepaid SIM which allows subscribers to choose their own mobile number for FREE. Be it 0943-9-ROCK-ON, 0942-8-I-KIKAY or 0943-8-INLOVE.
A service usually offered to postpaid subscribers only, this “name your number” feature is extended to Sun Prepaid subscribers allowing them to have a more personal approach to communication – whether they want to include their name, birth date or a unique word combination that speaks of their individual preference, lifestyle or interest!
On top of this feature, Sun Name Ur Number SIM also comes with a Sun Call and Text Combo 50 load which is valid for 5 days (comes with 200 Sun texts, 200 texts to other networks and 70 minutes of Sun calls), all for only P59.
With this premium service offered to its prepaid subscribers, Sun Cellular strengthens its status as the good choice in mobile telecommunications and continues its commitment in providing subscribers better value products and services.
Along with the network’s reliable connection, wider network coverage and a variety of prepaid products that cater to every budget need and lifestyle, now clearly is the best time to be with Sun Prepaid.
So make the good choice now; go to any Sun retailer or Sun Shop and get your personalized number with Sun Name Ur Number SIM. Hurry before someone else does!
For more information about other products, promos and deals of Sun Cellular Prepaid, visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/suncellprepaid. Follow@suncelldeals on Twitter.
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Mobile operator Sun Cellular has been recognized once again as Philippines’ Mobile Service Provider of the Year for 2012 by Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards. This is the second straight year that Sun Cellular got the distinction from the global research and consultancy firm.
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Sun Cellular sustained its positive streak as it registered a 17% growth in its net service revenues for the first quarter of 2012 of Php4.2B compared with Php3.6B for the same period last year. This is the highest growth rate for any local telco this year.
Sun Cellular President and Chief Executive Officer Orlando Vea attributes the strong growth to the positive response of the market to the continued improvement of Sun’s network powered by synergies with parent company, PLDT. “We are elated by the market’s continued take-up of Sun’s services, and they can expect even better products and services to be offered to ensure that this momentum will be sustained,” he says.
Revenue from Sun Cellular’s postpaid segment in the first quarter of 2012 grew by 20% compared with the same period last year. 2G postpaid subscribers at the end of March increased to 1.41 million, up 26% from 1.12 million in the same period last year. According to Sun Cellular’s Chief Operating Officer Charles Lim, this is largely because of new subscriptions to higher plans such as the Plan 450 Call and Surf, and the introduction of innovative new postpaid plans like the Plan 250 launched in selected areas in Luzon and Mindanao. “The timing of the launch of these new plans was great as it was complemented by the stronger network that we now have,” Lim explains.
Plan 450 Call and Surf gives customers with smartphones allows unlimited calling and texting within the Sun network plus 20 hours of free mobile internet access so they can maximize the use of their gadget. The Plan 250 is a special postpaid subscription plan for specific regions. These plans, which are more affordable compared to mainstream product offerings, entice would-be subscribers with the free handset that comes with it.
Lim further shared that the prepaid market continues to be robust for Sun Cellular as this segment grew by 10% percent in the first quarter to Php2.2B compared with Php2B for the same period last year. “Since our network has improved, our subscribers are starting to use their line more often. Consequently, people are starting to load in higher denominations such as our Text Unlimited 150 and 200. Also, our newly-launched “TRIO” bucket loads that allow calling and texting among Sun, Smart, and Talk and Text subscribers at affordable rates are picking-up in terms of demand” Lim explained.
Lim also revealed that wireless broadband business continued to perform strongly, registering a 54% rise in net service revenues to Php487.1 million for the first quarter this year. “Our broadband subscriber base at the end of March climbed by 54% for postpaid subscribers and 73% for prepaid subscribers respectively compared with the same period last year. We are expecting these numbers to rise steadily given the market’s greater demand for mobility.”
He further shared that Sun Cellular started offering SIM-only plans to cater to subscribers who want to use Sun Cellular’s broadband service in their various gadgets, in anticipation of the continuing growing demand for broadband access.
When PLDT acquired Sun Cellular from the JG Summit group last year, it made a commitment to continue offering the unlimited products and services that Sun Cellular has always been known for. In addition, initiatives to integrate the PLDT, Smart and Sun networks are being pursued to support these service offerings. “We would like to make sure that our existing and potential subscribers are able to take advantage of the synergies available within the PLDT group, and we are very glad that these are starting to pay off,” Lim concluded.
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Sun Cellular
After announcing that it has strengthened its network reach in Mindanao, Sun Cellular now unveils its newest prepaid load variant exclusive to its subscribers in the area – The Sun TextALL 15 for Mindanao. The newest load variant comes with unlimited texts to all networks for two days for just 15 pesos
“This is our way of thanking our Mindanao subscribers for continuously patronizing our services. Their high demand for our products prompted us to further improve our services in their area and we are looking at this new load variant, to complement the strengthened network coverage in the region,” says Joan Duenas, Sun Cellular’s Vice President for Prepaid Marketing.
Early this year, Sun Cellular further widened its coverage area in Mindanao, through the facilities of its new mother company PLDT. Further improved network signal can now be felt in the areas of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Camiguin, Zamboanga, Tawi-Tawi, Dinagat Island, Compostela Valley, Sulu, parts of Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro and Davao del Sur among others.
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“We chose Mindanao as the area for our initial phase of service expansion because we want our subscribers in the area to optimize their experience of our unlimited call and text service, as well as the value-for money bucket loads that we have been providing our subscribers nationwide,” Duenas adds.
As the very first area to benefit from initial phase of service expansion, we are happy knowing that our subscribers in Mindanao will now get to enjoy an optimized experience of Sun’s unlimited call and text services as well as the value-for-money bucket loads that we have been providing our subscribers nationwide,”
Duenas adds.
Duenas explains subscribers can easily avail of the Sun TextALL 15 load variant as it is available via load conversion and through Sun XpressLoad retailers. Customers may check out further details through the Sun Cellular Facebook page at www.facebook.com/suncellularph or through the company website at www.suncellular.com.ph. They may also tweet their inquiries via @suncelltweets or call the toll-free Hotline by dialing 200 from any Sun Cellular line.
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Sun Cellular
Following its intensified network expansion program, Sun Cellular launched its first salvo of new and better value postpaid plans, the Postpaid Plan 250 initially available in Mindanao.
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Sun Cellular is expanding its network coverage in the Mindanao area to bring its best value services to more customers in southern Philippines.
Sun Cellular Chief Operating Officer Charles Lim says they will be strengthening their network coverage in areas of Mindanao to include Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Camiguin, Zamboanga, Tawi-Tawi, Dinagat Island, Compostela Valley, Sulu, parts of Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro and Davao del Sur among others . “The demand for our best-value products and services in Mindanao is immense, hence we prioritized this region in the initial phase of our network enhancement program for 2012,” he explained.
Lim added, “Sun is improving its signal strength in Mindanao to provide its subscribers wider network coverage and more reliable service especially in key areas in the region such as Davao, General Santos, and Cagayan de Oro. We want those in Mindanao to optimize their experience of our unlimited call and text service, as well as the value-for money bucket load and postpaid plans that Sun has been providing its subscribers nationwide.”
Sun Cellular has been known for its best value product offering such as the Text Unlimited 150 which allows customers to text other Sun subscribers unlimited for 30 days and the Text Unlimited 200 which also includes 500 texts to other networks aside from the 30-day unlimited Sun-to-Sun texts. “Mindanao is an important market for us. Local and national officials from the region have been sending us letters on behalf of their constituents and we’d just like to say we have heeded their call ,” Lim enthused.
Lim revealed that the Mindanao network improvement will just be the initial salvo of network enhancement programs that Sun has lined-up this year. “We will be augmenting our existing 6,000 plus cell sites and will further strengthen coverage which will also be felt in the areas of North Luzon and the Visayas region, wherever there is a demand for Sun’s affordable communication products and services,” he said.
This will include improving indoor coverage through the use of in-building solutions and high gain antennae in strategic locations. The network improvement program also involves optimizing exisiting cellsites to boost both 2G and 3G signals.
Sun Cellular is a Member of the PLDT Group.
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suncellular.com.ph
Speedtest is a norm and I just unboxed a Sun Broadband Internet Wireless Prepaid USB Dongle Kit with SIM included, given by a representative of Sun Cellular Network courtesy of James Lim. He is a Senior Manager for Digital Marketing, I would like to personally thank you.
So far I’ve been running these tests lately. I’ve conducted several internet Speedtest on Sun’s Broadband Internet connection at different locations in Mandug Proper under Buhangin District, Davao City, and somewhere in the city proper. The signal is quite stable and somehow good for browsing no fancies involved.
To test the internet speed test, using any browser of your choice, either; Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera Browser or any browser out there worth mentioning.
On the address bar, type or key-in www.speedtest.net and press enter, then proceed mousing over the circle GO below and click to start testing. If you don’t prefer the web based testing, you can go to the Google Play Store for Android and Apple App Store to download.
You need to be connected to the Sun Broadband USB Stick in order to perform these operations, or better yet setup and configure your USB stick for you to teeter and share it’s internet connection over the Local Area Network.
This was taken at around 12:00 AM considering it’s almost a wee hour in the morning? on March 29, 2012.
And 8:00 pm at D. Ponce cor. Suazo St., Davao City, at the city proper.
The USB dongle kit is a Huawei Mobile Broadband E153u-1 (SBW 995) an upgrade version right after owns mobile stick Huawei E1552 of Globe Tattoo. It also comes with a prepaid card worth of Php 100 Pesos, and it includes free unlimited internet good for three days and a handy give-away pouch too!
Check out the dashboard software as you begin to use it.
It’s good to note that Sun Broadband Wireless supports HSDPA and is improving cellular and broadband signals throughout Mindanao.
I’ve been a regular Sun Cellular user both for Call and Text Unlimited or CTU 50 for quite some time. It includes one 1-week unlimited text for one 1 week and 1-hour free call. Since most of my usage involves only texting or SMS. Aside from its affordable prepaid and postpaid plans, I love their service! and is great! The network quietly informs you a day before your prepaid balance runs out. Thankfully you can reload it anytime of the day at nearby convenience stores.
This is not a paid post. The usb dongle unit is given for free with no strings attached.
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Sun Cellular
Because I’m a regular Sun Cellular Mobile user, I’ve been sent by the SunCellular network a FREE 30-minutes Internet surfing at any Netopia Internet Cafe.
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